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ArticleFrontiers in oncology2021

Iron Regulates the Warburg Effect and Ferroptosis in Colorectal Cancer.

Yin Yuan, Shuo Ni, Aoxiang Zhuge, Bo Li, Lanjuan Li

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Article in Frontiers in oncology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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29citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

29 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 35 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review of ferroptosis in colorectal cancer: Friends or foes?World journal of gastroenterology · 2023
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  3. Targeting ferroptosis to overcome drug resistance in gastrointestinal cancers.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2026
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  11. Zinc, copper, copper-to-zinc ratio, and other biometals in blood serum and tumor tissue of patients with colorectal cancer.Biometals : an international journal on the role of metal ions in biology, biochemistry, and medicine · 2025
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  15. Assessment of the Impact of Trace Essential Metals on Cancer Development.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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  20. Ferroptosis: A New Road towards Cancer Management.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Yin YuanState Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
Shuo NiDepartment of Orthopedics, Shanghai Pudong Hospital, Fudan University Pudong Medical Center, Shanghai, China.
Aoxiang ZhugeState Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
Bo LiState Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
Lanjuan LiState Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
State Key Laboratory of Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious DiseasesZhejiang University · CNFudan University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Iron promotes the proliferation of cancer cells, but it also contributes to cell death. Here we explored whether iron could promote the Warburg effect of colorectal cancer (CRC) cells and suppress sensitivity to ferroptosis by inducing reactive oxygen species (ROS) and regulating nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 (NRF2). In this study, cell proliferation abilities were measured by CCK-8, EdU incorporation, and colony formation assays. Seahorse XF96 respirometry assays were used to detect the Warburg effect and the level of ROS was assess by DCFH-DA fluorescent probes. Results showed that iron exposure promoted the Warburg effect of CRC cells by inducing ROS and activating NRF2 both

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ferroptosisironNRF2ROSthe Warburg effect

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PMID34094899
PMCPMC8169994
OpenAlexW3162128989

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